Learning at 3–5 Years
Ready for their next adventure
Creative play, conversation and growing independence support the next steps in each child’s learning journey.
What we nurture at 3–5 Years
- Confidently articulate more complex sentences and use a wide range of vocabulary to communicate including the ability to answer questions
- Develop listening and comprehension skills during story time, show and tell sessions, songs, rhymes and poems
- Confidently take risks in their play and become equipped to negotiate space and awareness during this time
- Develop knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy by eating a healthy, balanced diet and having awareness of their personal hygiene needs and complete regular exercise
- Encourage awareness of their feelings by developing strong trusting relationships with peers, staff and family, understanding how to keep themselves safe.
- Independently identify their belongings and have the ability to dress themselves including putting shoes, wellies and coats on when wanting to go outside
- Confidently identity their emotions and understand how to support their own emotional wellbeing whilst treating others with respect care and kindness
- Delight in having a love for reading and books and use their extended vocabulary and gestures to tell their own stories
- Recognise numbers and patterns to build a bank of mathematical language and develop problem solving skills
- Willing to try new things and feel pride in their attempts of learning whilst developing the ability to learn from their experiences when things don’t go right
- Develop a deeper understanding of different cultures, the world and the community they live in, celebrating their similarities and differences between peers’, family and staff
- Develop their imagination by using a range of materials and resources to be creative, encouraging them to recognise letters and their name
- Confidently engage in physical activities inside and outside, interacting with all age groups within the setting
- Develop a deeper understanding of where food comes from, how to grow it, nurture it, harvest it and finally cook with it
- Gain an understanding of the importance of recycling and how to care for the environment they live in
- Feed and serve themselves independently at each mealtime, whilst socialising interacting with each other
- Use a cup and have the confidence to pour their own drink and know to help themselves to a drink at any time of the day
- Understand the next steps of their learning journey and feel ready to take on their new challenge
- To learn and develop manners when eating, playing with friends and interacting with other adults and children
Learning at their own pace
Discover the values and learning aims that bring our curriculum together.
Care you can feel confident in
Our awards & affiliations
Our inspection, professional connections and the experiences shared by our families.
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Ofsted
Inspected 31 July 2026
Strong standard in all six evaluation areas. Safeguarding standards met.
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Noodle Now
Professional development
Early years training and learning.
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Early Years Alliance
Early years support
Supporting care, learning and development.
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daynurseries.co.uk
Words from our families
Read parents’ experiences of Little Loco’s.
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